Projector for sliding discs



Nov. 1, 1955 E. M. SIRE 2,722,423

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United States Patent PROJECTOR FOR SLIDING DISCS Edouard M. Sire, NewYork, N. Y. Application March 11, 1953, Serial No. 341,763 3 Claims.(Cl. 273-129) This invention relates to games.

The game of the instant invention is played with flat discs which areprojected diagonally across the gaming surface by either one of a pairof resilient arms to re bound from side and end walls. which embrace thegaming surface and so that the discs may come to rest on a scoring areaso as to indicate a score or the like.

The present invention further provides a game such as above describedwherein the flat discs may be alternately projected by either of thepair of resilient arms which serve as strikers, said arms being formedfrom a unitary strip provided at its midpoint with a right angle bend,permitting the player to project the discs in either of two diagonaldirections disposed at right angles to each other.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a game of theabove type having a transparent bottom wall below which is removablydisposed a gaming card, said card in addition to the usual indicia alsobeing provided with guide lines for initially positioning the discsalong the resilient strips to increase the accuracy of the play. Theremovable gaming board permits the game to be readily adaptable to aplurality of sports or pastimes, for example poker or baseball, etc.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a game bearing theabove objects in mind which is of simple construction, inexpensive tomanufacture, has a minimum number of parts, is easy to use and efiicientin operation.

For other objects and a better understanding of the invention, referencemay be had to the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a game embodying the features of thepresent invention;

Figure 2 is an exploded bottom perspective view thereof;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line 33 ofFigure l and showing the gaming board removed;

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 4-4 ofFigure 1, showing the gaming board in place; and

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 55 ofFigure 3.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings, in which similar referencenumerals identify corresponding parts throughout the several views,there is shown a game referred to collectively as and including arectangular, transparent floor or base wall 11 of plastic, substantiallyas illustrated.

The opposite longitudinal edges of floor 11 are integrally formed withvertical side walls 12, while the opposite lateral edges of floor 11 areintegrally formed with end walls 13, defining an area within which thegaming pieces will move in a manner to be hereinafter described.

The bottom edges of side walls 12 and end walls 13 2,722,423 PatentedNov. 1, 1955 holders 15, as shown in Figure 3. To insert or remove thegaming board 14, it will only be necessary to flex the latter slightlyto insert the corners thereof in the holders 15, as will be obvious.

The sides 12 above the floor 11 are provided with rectangular,transversely aligned cut outs 16, extending downwardly from the topedges thereof. Substantially C-shaped guards 17 are secured at theirends to the outer faces of sides 12 adjacent the ends of cut cuts 16, asshown in Figure 2, the body portion of the guards 17 extending parallelto and above the cut outs 16 defining therewith a rectangular opening,substantially as illustrated. Of course, the guards 17 may be integralwith the side walls it being necessary only to provide a guide slot forthe striker arms as will be hereinafter described.

A V-ShEiPEd block of plastic 18 (see Figure 5) is secured to the top ofbottom wall or floor 11, and is integrally formed with a triangular top19, as shown in Figure 3, said top 19 serving to prevent displacement ofthe striker arms.

An elongated strip of spring metal is flexed and secured within theV-shaped block 13 by a second triangular shaped block 2% ofcomplementary shape and secured to the top surface of floor 11, as shownin Figure 5, the top of member 29 being received below top 19. The metalstrip thus flexed between blocks 18 and it) forms striker arms 21 and 22which extend outwardly through cut outs 16 at each side of the game, theouter ends of arms 21 and 22 extending beyond the guides 17 and normallyresiliently abutting the ends of cut outs 16 remote from block 18, asshown in Figure 1. The arms 21 and 22 are retained in this position bythe sides of V-shaped block 18, as will be obvious. in playing the game,a disc 23 is poised against and somewhere along the length of eitherstriker arm in its normal position as illustrated in Figure 1.Thereafter, the protruding end of either arm 21 or 22 may be engaged bythe players fingers at the outside of guides 17 and pulled rearwardly tothe dotted line position of Figure 1. Upon release of the arm, the discwill be impelled in a diagonal direction and will carom off the sidewalls onto one portion of the game indicia on the upper surface of thegaming board 14.

The number of discs 23 provided will, of course, depend on the gamebeing played. For example, if the game is poker, there will be five suchdiscs provided as shown in the drawing. in the drawing, the uppersurface of gaming board 14 is marked with various playing cardsextending across the entire surface of the board between the ends ofcut-outs 16 and the end wall 13 remote from block 18. Twenty such cardsare provided in the embodiment illustrated and these are clearly visiblethrough the transparent bottom 11. Of course, a full deck of cards maybe shown if desired.

The triangular portion of gaming board 14 below the playing cards andlying intermediate the arms 21 and 22 is marked with arrows 24, 25 and26 disposed at right angles to the arm 21 as shown in Figure 1. Thisportion is also provided with arrows 27, 28 and 29 disposed at rightangles to the arm 22. These arrows serve to guide the player whenplacing the disc 23 along the arms 21 and 22. For example, if the playerdesires to aim for the jack of hearts in the lower left hand corner, hewill place the disc 23 against the arm 22 in alignment with arrow 29.Similarly, if the player desires to aim for the king of spades in thelower right hand corner, he will place the disc 23 against the arm 21 inalignment with arrow 26. The released arm will then propel the disc 23diagonally toward the side walls 12. Depending on the relativedisplacement of the arms 21 and 22 from their normal positions, theprojected discs will rebound from the side walls 12 and move toward theend wall 1.3, permitting billiard shots. 1f the maximum displacement ofthe arms 21 and 22 is provided, the projected discs will rebound fromall three walls. The arrows 24 to 29 are longitudinally spaced from eachother and are provided with graduations therebetween, substantially asillustrated in Figure 1.

It will be noted that the player may project the discs 23 diagonallyacross the gaming surface from either the arms 21 or 22, depending uponwhere he desires to place the discs ultimately. The arrows will assisthis aiming and the distance along the cut-out 16 over which the arms 21and 22 are displaced will determine the total distance across the boardover which the discs will move. In the form of the invention shown inFigure 1, there will be five such discs provided per hand, and theobject of the game will be to achieve the highest poker score.Furthermore, the player may use one disc to strike and move a previousdisc so as to change his scoring in the manner of a shuflleboard game.

It will be readily apparent that other games may be provided simply byremoving the gaming board 14 and replacing it by a different onecarrying different indicia, for example suitable baseball or footballmarkings. A plurality of boards 14 may be provided with each game,permitting the choice of various games with the same game apparatus.

It should now be apparent that there has been provided a game whereinthe gaming pieces are projected diagonally across the gaming surface ina carom fashion, and wherein means are provided for projecting thesegaming pieces in either of two directions with various other features asdescribed herein. It should also be apparent that there has beenprovided a game of the above type wherein guide lines are provided forincreasing the accuracy of the player in a novel manner, and wherein thegaming surface consists of a transparent bottom wall and a gaming boardtherebelow which is easily re- 4 movable and replaced by a differentboard, adapting the apparatus to different games.

What is claimed is:

1. In a game played by projecting game pieces over a gaming surface, apair of integral resilient arms of rigid material adapted to project thegame pieces across the gaming surface in either of two oppositedirections, said arms being normally disposed at substantially rightangles to each other and being secured at the apex of the right angle tothe gaming surface, said arms having free outer ends so that the freeends of the arms may be manually actuated for projecting said gamepieces.

2. In a game played by projecting game pieces over a gaming surface, apair of integral resilient striker arms of rigid material, said armsbeing in the normal shape of a V, with the apex connected to the gamingsurface and the arms being normally straight, and having free endswhereby respective game pieces struck by the respective ends of saidarms will be projected in opposite directions.

3. In a game including game pieces which are projected over the gamingsurface of a body having side walls, a pair of integral spring strikerarms of rigid material, said arms being in the normal shape of a'V, withthe apex connected to the gaming surface and the arms being normallystraight, and having free ends whereby respective game pieces struck bythe respective ends of said arms will be projected in oppositedirections, said arms being disposed at substantially right angles toeach other with the ends thereof extending outwardly beyond the sidewalls of the body through cut-out portions formed in said side walls.

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